History School Trips

trip ideas to historical sites and museums

History field trips and workshops

School field trips to historical sites and museums offer students a chance to step outside the confines of the classroom and engage with the past in a more immersive, tangible way. Excursions to landmarks, battlefields, or other historic exhibits allow your class to see the places where history unfolded, providing them with a richer understanding of the past.

For those looking for a history themed workshop to visit your school, your students can learn about your historical topic from a different perspective, maybe handle artifacts from the past, and gain a deeper personal connection with the subject your are teaching.

Interacting with knowledgeable experts in a subjct brings the past to life in vivid, compelling ways that textbooks cannot replicate. Enabling pupils to have an understanding beyond the simple facts and figures. Beyond the academic value, first hand experiences offered by a history school trip or field trip will instill a sense of wonder, curiosity, and appreciation for the events and stories of those who came before us.

School children may find it difficult to imagine how people lived in the past due to their limited life experience. As part of their historical enquiry, a history school trip to a historically significant place will certainly help to put what they are being taught in the classroom, into context, and make it more understandable. Teachers usually find that the class are so much more motivated following a history themed trip, which makes the subsequent lessons more enjoyable and allows the pupils to make the congnitive connection between the place and what is on the paper in front of them.

To make it easier for you to find a history trip to suit your curriculum topic, we have split our historical school trips into more helpful sections relating to specific periods in history.

If you want the experience to visit your school, try our in-school history workshops page.

£5m Investment in School Trips

31 March 2025

The Clore Duffield Foundation announced a £5m fund over five years to support school trips to museums, heritage sites, and other educational experiences. The first year, 2024, allocates £1m, focusing on schools in priority local authorities like Blackpool and Cornwall. Primary schools will receive funding for six fully-funded off-site trips per year for every child, while secondary schools will get at least three. This initiative addresses the rising costs, with English Heritage reporting a 63% increase in visit costs over three years. ^[1]

Discover the latest Prehistory school trips at Celtic Harmony Camp in Hertfordshire, where students experience Stone to Iron Age life through hands-on activities. Recent news highlights their award-winning educational programmes, ensuring immersive learning. ^[2]

Discover cultural school trips at Culture Coventry Trust, exploring Coventry's heritage through museums and galleries. Recent news includes new art and history workshops, making learning engaging for students in the West Midlands. ^[3]

Find out about educational visits at National Museums Liverpool, offering history and science trips across eight museums. Recent news highlights new virtual classrooms, ensuring schools can access enriching experiences remotely. ^[4]

Popular school trip April 2025 !

London for Primary & Middle Schools-Curriculum Travel

School Trip London & South East
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Subjects: Geography, Environmental Geography, History, Monarchs, Victorian, Maths

Curriculum Travel provides customized educational tours in London, catering to primary and middle school students. These tours enhance learning through varied experiences, specifically designed to achieve distinct educational goals.

Periods of British and World History

Prehistory

Before AD 43
Find out where to take your class if you want to bring prehistory, the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age to life.
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The Celts

750 BC - AD 43
Learn about the Celts of Iron Age Britain through a range of history school workshops, perfect for KS1 and KS2 history.
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Roman Britain

AD 43 - 410
The Roman invasion of 43 AD was far from decisive, indeed it took a few decades for the Romans to stretch their influence. Find a Roman school history trip
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Saxons & Vikings

AD 410 - 1066
Invaders and Settlers visited our island from North Western Europe. Saxon Settlements, Saxon Laws and Justice, museums, monuments and churches.
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Medieval History

AD 1066 - 1540
The Medieval period, also sometimes referred to as the Middle Ages, began with the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066 and lasted until the end of the fifteenth century. View a range of history school trips with a medieval twist.
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The Elizabethans

AD 1558 - 1603
Discover the Golden Era of the Elizabethans, the reign of Elizabeth I, the works of Shakespeare and a range of school trips and workshops to inspire your history students.
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Tudors and Stuarts

AD 1603 - 1740
The Tudor period began in 1485, following the final battle of the Wars of the Roses, which had been fought during the Plantagenet period between the house of York and the Lancastrians.
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Industrial Revolution

AD 1750 - 1900
During the second half of the eighteenth century, a huge change began to take place in Britain. Driven by a unique set of circumstances including growth in population, the Industrial Revolution took place.
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The Victorians

AD 1837 - 1901
The Victorian period lasted from 1837 until 1901. Discover a range of school history trips focusing on this fascinating period of British history.
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20th Century History

AD 1900 - 1999
The study topics for the twentieth century are wide ranging, perhaps due to changes in lifestyle and technology that took place.
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Significant Individuals

Workshops to help you learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements
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Black History

Celebrate Black History Month during October each year and teach your class topics ranging from Slavery and Segregation to Abolition and Windrush.
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History of Toys

These school workshops for KS1 demonstrate a timeline of toys through history.
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British Monarchs

A selection of history workshops and day trips for school groups studying the changing power of the monarchs. History curriculum KS1 KS2 KS3.
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Ancient Civilisations

If your class history topic is Ancient Egypt, we have a range of trips and workshops that will bring the Egyptians to life for your pupils.
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Ancient Egyptians

If your class history topic is Ancient Egypt, we have a range of trips and workshops that will bring the Egyptians to life for your pupils.history-egyptians
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Ancient Greeks

Is your topic Ancient Greece, if so we have a range of historical trips and workshops that will bring Greek history to life for your pupils.
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World Wars

Bring to life the history of the two World Wars in a way that will engage your students and allow them to develop a better understanding of the topics you are studying in the classroom.
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History Residentials

Get hands on with residential history trips through creative and interactive learning experiences designed by qualified teachers, throughout the UK.
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